PROTEST: LAGOS NLC DEMANDS N30,000 SUBSIDY PALLIATIVE ASIDE MINIMUM WAGE INCREMENT
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour congress (NLC), has demanded a subsidy palliative of N30,oo0 for the next six months asides the initial agitation of increment in minimum wage of Workers across the Nation.
This according to the NLC Chairman, Funmi Agnes Sessi, will make transportation easier for workers.
She made this known to the press on Wednesday, at the Lagos House of Assembly in Alausa, during a peaceful protest organized by the union, as she presented a letter signed by the union to the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, who received and made comments on behalf of Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The organized Labour had asked the Federal Government to immediately deal decisively with the criminal content of subsidy instead of exposing ordinary citizens to avoidable pain and hardship.
During the protest which they described as an anti-people policies implemented by the Government, they complained about the increase in exchange rates currently affecting the manufacturing sector while also calling on the President to listen to agitations of citizens who are suffering under the adverse effects of these policies.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, who was also present at the protest questioned the inability of government to get the existing refineries running.
Also, to register their grievances was the South- West Regional Vice President of Amalgamated Transport Workers Association of Nigeria (ATWAN), Com. Kolawole Aina, who spoke in the interest of ELE drivers which includes Uber, Bolt, InDrive and other Online transportation.
While speaking, he called on the Federal Government to make Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), available to its member who he claimed have been affected directly by the fuel subsidy removal .
He mentioned that in Lagos State for instance, CNG is only available in one filling station while adding that, the conversion of their vehicles from PMS to CNG is very expensive, thereby making things very difficult for them.
The protesters had converged earlier at the Ikeja under-bridge in Lagos as they marched in their numbers to the House of Assembly. causing a heavy gridlock along the routes leading to Ikeja.
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